Database importation failed
Hello,
I installed the last version of zotero (5.0.24), then I indicate in preference menu the folder where is stored the old databased, and zotero create a new databased whithout taking into account old database...
Could you help me ?
Thanks in advance
Guillaume
I installed the last version of zotero (5.0.24), then I indicate in preference menu the folder where is stored the old databased, and zotero create a new databased whithout taking into account old database...
Could you help me ?
Thanks in advance
Guillaume
It can't create a new database if you really point it to your existing one, so either you pointed it to the wrong place (e.g., a parent or child directory) or the directory where you pointed it had an empty database. How big is the zotero.sqlite file in the old data directory?
I wonder if the profile ID have to be reenter somewhere... ?
I found a profile ID folder in :
C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Zotero\Zotero\Profiles
What do you see in the middle pane of Zotero?
And I have only two files in the middle pane :
=> Guide rapide pour débuter
=> Zotero | Start
Do you have a 'storage' folder in the data directory, and do you see folders within it with files you've added to Zotero?
I have a storage folder with about 170 sub-folders with my PDF.
I update to the last Zotero 5.0.41 today... but the problem is the same
I am checking the procedure with gave me.
Thanks
Are there other zotero.sqlite.* files in the data directory? If so, what are their filenames, timestamps, and sizes?
zotero.sqlite 4992Ko 28/03/2018
zotero.sqlite-journal 417Ko 28/03/2018
zotero.sqlite.bak 4992Ko 28/03/2018
zotero.sqlite.1.bak 1072Ko 22/11/2017
I did a saving of the database and date of file change , so there is a detection => but no content appear...
Left-hand pane
=> ma bibliotheque => 2 docs
==>Mes publication => empty
==>Doublons => empty
==>Non classés => 2 Docs
==> Corbeille => empty
Where did this data directory come from? Did you make manual changes to this directory (moving files around, etc.)? Did you look for others, as suggested in the page I linked to?
You're really saying that there's a 'storage' directory in this same directory and it has many subdirectories in it? Are the timestamps of the subdirectories all from the same time, or do they cover the range of dates you used Zotero? If the latter, do they start in 2015?
Are these files in a cloud storage directory like Dropbox or in a normal location on your disk drive?
This would appear to be an empty database created in Zotero 4.0 in 2015, but you also seem to be missing the zotero.sqlite.77.bak (or similar) file that would be created by Zotero 5.0 when you open a 4.0 database.
I didn't change the data from the directory ...
The storage directory has many sub directories with files with different timestamps , I didn't check all of them but I only see timestamps from 2016.
These files are on the hard drive and not synchronized on a cloud.